WaPo: A New Political Geography (about WV and VA)

[MountainLaurel]

An informative read:

When Sen. Barack Obama chose the Nissan Pavilion in the outer suburbs of Northern Virginia to kick off his general-election campaign, one of the 10,000 supporters there was David Bruzas, who recently moved to the fastest-growing part of a state that is moving rapidly away from its Republican past.

"Being in this area has made me a lot more politically in tune with what's going on," said Bruzas, 27, a systems engineer from Illinois who moved to Fairfax County to work for Cisco Systems in 2005. "And I identify with Obama."

Only a few hours west on Route 50, in the old railroad town of Grafton, W.Va., the political world is spinning in the other direction. West Virginia, traditionally Democratic, was one of only six states that voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980 and one of 10 that voted for Michael Dukakis in 1988, but in recent years it went twice for George W. Bush, and Obama's prospects there are poor.

Looking down an empty Main Street the other day, highway worker David Whitehair, 55, said he was a loyal Democrat until 2000. "Bush was a good man and had good morals. I felt he was the better man," he said. This year? "I don't care for Obama."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062802124.html?hpid=topnews

[Lasher]

1. Dumbass.

There's only 2 kinds of people who still would vote for a Republican after all this: Rich people and suckers. Since rhere's not many highway workers who are rich, our Mr. Whitehair appears to be of the sucker category.

[MountainLaurel]

2. Unfortunately, it's way too common

Although I might throw in idiots into your list -- there's some overlap there with suckers.